Chimonobambusa armata
Chimonobambusa armata (Gamble) Hsueh & T. P. Yi, J. Bamboo Res. 2 (1), 1983: 38.
Synonyms: Arundinaria armata Gamble, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 7, 1896: 130; Oreocalamus armata (Gamble) T. H. Wen, J. Bamboo Res. 5 (2), 1986: 22.
Thai names: ไผ่ตุด (phai tut) (Northern); ตุด (tut) (Shan). — T. Smitinand, 2001 [#1003]; BKF [#1368].
Distribution: THAILAND (North). — MYANMAR. — INDIA (North-East). — CHINA (South): Tibet, Yunnan.
Culm size: Height 6–10 (14) m, diameter 2.5–5 (8) cm.
Descriptions: Kew GrassBase [#1335]. Flora of China [#1303].
Images: Line drawing in Flora of China [#1303]; photos of a plant in AsianFlora [#1332].
Characteristics: Rhizome monopodial; culms slightly square-rounded in cross-section; culm nodes of the lower culm with a ring of root thorns.
Comments: Flowers known, fruit unknown.